HT1819 Audio Podcast episodes no longer playable/downloadable.

I produce an audio podcast through Hipcast and submission to itunes has been successful. Cut to a month and a half later and the episodes have all retroactively stopped working. Episodes are no longer downloadable or playable. What can I do?

The only workaround I've found is to Subscribe to a podcast I'm interested in.
This will download the most recent episode. It will also make the other available episodes appear in my iTunes, greyed-out. If I click the GET button there, the single episodes will download.
This works but doesn't change the fact that the most basic function - downloading a podcast from the iTunes store - DOESN'T work.

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Hello DonaldGuy,
It sounds like you have some podcast subscriptions that are constantly trying to download but they are not in the iTunes Store anymore prompting an error message. You can use the edit button in the susbcriptions list to delete the subscribed podcasts in question, to prevent the error messages from happening:
Podcasts at a glance
http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iphbaeb5b5cb
Then I would backup to iCloud to update the most current iCloud backup to reflect this:
Back up to iCloud
If you're using iCloud, it can automatically back up your data if you've chosen this option. You can verify your iCloud backup and make sure that it's up to date by following these steps:
Tap Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup.
Turn on iCloud Backup if it's off.
Tap Back Up Now.
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

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Podcast Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/global-outreach-center-jacksonville/id696239 758?mt=2
Podcast Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/globaloutreachcenter/xkzn
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Thanks!

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--Kaila

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HT1819 Audio Podcast episodes no longer playable/downloadable.

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